written about several dogs, one that was playin by the Chatahochee River in Georgia, and another in North Carolina mountains made story about one dog in song

Lyrics

DIXIE DAN
LARRY ALDERMAN
IT WAS DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA LORD
DOWN WHERE THE TALL TOBACCO GROWS
WHERE THE PINE TREES SMELL SO SWEET
AND THE DIRTY OL? LUMBER TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
DIXIE DAN WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
WE WERE BOTH YOUNG IN THOSE DAYS
IN THAT TIME BEFORE OLD MAN TIME
CAME AND TOOK OUR YOUTH AWAY

CATCHIN? TADPOLES IN A MASON JAR
AND RUNNIN? ROUND WITH JUNE BUGS ON A STRING
AH THE DAYS WERE LONG AND HOT
LIFE WAS NOT A COMPLICATED THING
CHASIN? CHICKENS ROUND THE LUMBERYARD
IN A TIME WHEN TIMES WERE NOT SO HARD TO STAND
WITH THE MORNIN? DEW BETWEEN OUR TOES
WE?D GO A FISHIN? ME AND DIXIE DAN

RUNNIN? THRU THE ?MATOR PATCH
OR LOOKIN? FOR BURIED TREASURE BY THE ROAD
WE WERE COWBOYS IN THE BACKYARD
RIDIN? AN OLD DEAD LOG IN A RODEO
DIXIE DAN LETS GO I?D YELL
WE?D BOTH RUN BAREFOOTED CROSS THE FIELDS
DIGGIN? FISHING WORMS ON THE RIVER BANK
OR LAID BACK LISTENIN? TO A WHOOPORWIL

THEY CARRIED DIXIE DAN OUT IN THE YARD
IN ONE OF PAPPA?S DIRTY FACTORY WORKIN? SHIRTS
I SAT ON THE BACKPORCH CRYIN?
LORD MY OLD HEART HURT
WE LAID DIXIE DAN ON THE SANDBED
BY THE RIVER WHERE WE USED TO RUN AND PLAY
AH DIXIE DAN, CAN?T WE RAMBLE ONE MORE TIME
BEFORE YOU GO AWAY?..DIXIE DAN WAS THE VERY BEST DOG.. A YOUNG BOY EVER HAD??